The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-06

ton. 1t is also true that poor boys Of
talents and ambition will seek by energy
and self-denial to acquire such educa-
ton. If there be no College in the
State which can attrac, the great
body of the young men who have the
means, or the disposition to acquire
such education, they will 90 elsewhere
for it. Indepen lent of the loss to the
State of the money so spent in other
States, and which of itself is consider.
able,
THE STATE SUFFERS
a greater disad vantage from the educa
tiCn of her sons abroad That disad
vantage consists in having those OF her
sons, who from their natural abilities
and their attainments, will become
leaders of thought and in political &C
ton, trained in schools which lack those
influences and surroundings which are
in sympathy with the people of the
State and their separate and distinct in
terests ana aspirations. Every State
which has achieved, or can hope to
achieve. a distinct and characteristic
position, must have traditions, hopes
and aspirations peculiarly her own.
Her sons aud her daughters should feel
an honorable pride in her name and in
her character They should whilst
according to tue whole country and to
other separate States, il due hare OF
their affection and admiration, vet feel
that before all and above all the State
of their birth and Of their dOmicil is
entitled to their best services and their
warmest affections.
YOUNG MEN WHO ARE EDUCATED AT HOME
never loosen the tie which binds them to
home to home duties and to home peo-
pie. They feel a deeper intere3t III the
welfare of those among whom they live.
They are not so ready at every adverse
turn of fortune to abandon their own
State and seek richer rewards and richer
results of enterprise, in other fields. The
constant accommodation between
the more highly educated and those less
favored in that way benefits both, and
this benefits the State at large. As |
have remarked before, the educated man
is himself an educator wherever he
goes, and thus the benefits of knowledge
are diffused without cost to the State.
And whilst he is an educator, he be-
comes the recipient of knowledge and
ideas from those who are more ignorant
in general sense, than he is. Besides
this, home education, with its associa-
tiOns, prevents the cutting off of the
sympathetic communion between what
are termed the educated and the indus
trial classes. In these days of socialism
and the other isms which now threaten
society, better understanding, a closer
and more sympathetic communion be-
tween all, is a necessity. And especially
is this true in Mississippi, so far as
THE WHITE RACE
is concerned who, being in the minor
ity, must yet be able so to act together
as to give that security for life, liberty
and property, which was well-nigh de.
stroyed in days not long gone by.
So say, by all means let the State
University have such appropriations
from the treasury, together with the
others, as is necessary to make 1t useful
and efficient. The same argument made
in relation to the A. q NJ. College and
the Female Industrial Institute can be
made here, as to the burden, or want of
burden, of such support.
As you have seen, | have opposed the
further recognition of
TIE FICTITIOUS DEBT
claimed by the University from the
State. Ioppose it because such recogni-
ton is unjust. have heard no reason
for its continued recognition which is
not based on want Of confidence in the
people-the white people of the State.
1t seems to be feared that appropriations
will not be made--that Legislatures will
be found which, either from prejudice
or ignorance, will sometimes fail to
make regular appropriations, This ar
gument ignores the past history of the
Institution, which shows that every
year, believe, the most liberal appro
priations were made. | have no doubt
that this fear was the moving cause of
the effort which succeeded in 1880, to
place the finances of the University be-
yond the control of the Legislature, by
the recognition of debt which has
LONG SINCE BEEN PAID.
The argument, if worth anything,
strikes at our whole system of govern
menl-it is grounded on want of faith